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    What if the Boston bomber was your pt

    BrandonLPN replied to imintrouble's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Frankly, I think detaching yourself emotionally from your patient is a good rule of thumb to have with all
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    Pain Dilemma Customer Service?

    BrandonLPN replied to RNnur's topic in General Nursing

    I think the very verbiage of saying a PRN medication is "due" at a particular time is screwy. This is why the non-medical PR people at the hospital should keep their noses out of
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    Fake nursing/CNA licenses or what?

    BrandonLPN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think it's your duty to report these findings to your manager and the BON as soon as
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    First write up as an RN

    BrandonLPN replied to Leesha's topic in General Nursing

    And Leesha, yes you were being somewhat petulant. When you thank everyone for their advice and then, in the same breath, question our commitment to patient advocacy it decreases the sincerity...
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    First write up as an RN

    BrandonLPN replied to Leesha's topic in General Nursing

    I can support the idea of a new nurse wanting to find out what the proper policies and procedures are. But after you found this information out you obviously reported what those patients said about...
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    First write up as an RN

    BrandonLPN replied to Leesha's topic in General Nursing

    Well, isn't reporting someone based on what someone else said pretty much the definition of "he said, she said"? I guess a lot of this hinges on what exactly these pts told the OP. From what she (the...
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    Fake nursing/CNA licenses or what?

    BrandonLPN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I wouldn't jump to conclusions. Maybe you spelled their name wrong. Maybe it's a maiden name issue. Maybe you live in a compact state like Commuter said. That you're working with a bunch of fraud/fake...
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    What if the Boston bomber was your pt

    BrandonLPN replied to imintrouble's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And whether the suspect is a kid who was brainwashed by his crazy family or not is utterly immaterial to the question at hand. What if he wasnt brainwashed? What if this were his older brother we were...
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    What if the Boston bomber was your pt

    BrandonLPN replied to imintrouble's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There are very, very few instances where I feel a nurse could say "I can't take care of this pt" because of said patient's monstrous actions. A personal connection to the patient and/or his victims is...
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    First write up as an RN

    BrandonLPN replied to Leesha's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm, I would have given the nurse in question the benefit of the doubt and talked to him/her first. I mean, a couple residents complain about a particular nurse and you take that straight to the...
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    PRN narcotics for patients who cant request it?

    BrandonLPN replied to EMYrn2011's topic in Patient Medications

    Was it 1mg? That's an odd dose. You're right, of course, if the resident really has an established pattern of needing the morphine q1hr. The case could very well be that the OP is right, and this LPN...
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    PRN narcotics for patients who cant request it?

    BrandonLPN replied to EMYrn2011's topic in Patient Medications

    Well, to play the devil's advocate here, I'm not going to just give PRN Ativan/Morphine/whatever in anticipation that the pt might become agitated. I'm going to wait until the pt actualy presents with...
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    How do women feel about pts that only want female RN's?

    BrandonLPN replied to hodgieRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Any pt who refuses a nurse based on race/religion/sexual orientation/gender/whatever is a pt I'd only be too happy to pass
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    In Support of Independent NP Practice

    BrandonLPN replied to Corey Narry's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Not to veer too much off topic here, but it's amazing how confusing and labyrinthine Nursing education is. It boggles the mind that so many different educational pathways lead to the exact same RN...
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    What if the Boston bomber was your pt

    BrandonLPN replied to imintrouble's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I came across similar situations as a LPN in a county jail. Some of those inmates were rapists, murderers, etc. I imagine they way I looked at it is similar to how a defense lawyer looks at defending...
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    In Support of Independent NP Practice

    BrandonLPN replied to Corey Narry's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I find it amusing that some of people who claim NPs are indistinguishable from physicians are the same people who poo-poo the role of LPNs and ADNs in favor of the BSN. It can't be denied there is...
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    Why do some nurses use their titles as a big ego boost?

    BrandonLPN replied to Hellostudentnurssee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I tend to just say "nurse" just because it's been my experience that a surprising percentage of the general population simply have no idea what a "LPN" is. In fact, when I say "it stands for 'licensed...
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    Pain Dilemma Customer Service?

    BrandonLPN replied to RNnur's topic in General Nursing

    Writing a pt's pain med schedule down on the white board is a logical strategy. One thing I don't like about it, however, is it reinforces the idea that if the nurse isn't right there at 10:15 with...
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    Is LVN worth going to school for rather than RN?

    BrandonLPN replied to ChristineJC's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Honestly, I don't think this question seems more complicated than it actually is. If your ultimate goal is to be a RN (or higher), and you can "make it" finically through four-plus of school, then I'd...
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    LP/VN Advanced Cert's

    BrandonLPN replied to eyesopen_mouthshut's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    From a strictly anecdotal perspective, the most common LPN specialty I've seen is by far wound care. Every wound nurse I've ever worked with in LTC has been a LPN. By LPN standards, they have a...
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    Has anyone made a medication error and *not* get fired for it?

    BrandonLPN replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in Patient Medications

    Any nurse who says she's never made a med error is either lying or dangerously unobservant of her own
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    You are not my only patient

    BrandonLPN replied to anotherone's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not getting what your point is. None of what you said changes the fact that we can't always give pts what they want right when they want it. For a pt to be upset he didn't get his pain pill right...
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    Let RN license lapse to get out of "Old" new grad rut?

    BrandonLPN replied to BA_anthropology's topic in General Nursing

    I'm also a little skeptical that the OP has been unable to find a RN job in 1.5 years of looking. Maybe not the fancy shmancy hospital job every new grad wants, but there are other places a nurse can...
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    So why even bother with getting an RN?

    BrandonLPN replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, ok. well I said it was a stupid question, after all. :) There were posts somewhere upthread that questioned whether a NP could function as a staff nurse in a clinic. That's what got me
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    Why do some nurses use their titles as a big ego boost?

    BrandonLPN replied to Hellostudentnurssee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, there's two ways of looking at the subject, and specifically the OP's situation. On the one hand, maybe the OP is being over sensitive and this is indeed a "sour grapes" thing. If a LPN feels...